Publication Date

7-1989

Journal

Stanford Law Review

Abstract

The article critiques Richard A. Posner's book Law and Literature: A Misunderstood Relation, arguing that while it offers a comprehensive analysis of law-related literature, it reflects Posner's authoritarian bias and dismisses literature's critical potential to challenge legal authority. Posner's approach is seen as overly deductive and dismissive of literary insights that question legal power structures.

Volume

41

Issue

6

First Page

1597

Last Page

1626

Publisher

Stanford Law School

Disciplines

Jurisprudence | Law

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